Who’s doing what about affordable housing in Pittsburgh

by talia piazza | Mar 30, 2016 | Community News, Media Coverage

By: Abby Mendelson | Next Pittsburgh | March 29, 2016 | Read the full article “When we think about affordability,” Presley Gillespie says, “it’s not just median income, or the housing cost burden on individuals. We factor in debt, credit cards, cars. Because of...

Neighborhood Allies Fellow Mary Taylor is Featured in Pittsburgh Magazine!

by talia piazza | Mar 21, 2016 | Community News, Hilltop, Media Coverage

By: Patrick Doyle | Pittsburgh Magazine | 3/17/16 | Read the full article here Dream On Carnegie Mellon University’s UDream program is a magnet that draws young minority architects and urban planners from around the country to settle and work in Pittsburgh. Mary...

Neighborhood Allies awards $425,000+ in grants

by talia piazza | Mar 18, 2016 | Community News, Hill District, Hilltop, Homewood, Larimer, Media Coverage, Millvale, Wilkinsburg

By: Barbara Klein, Next Pittsburgh | March 15, 2016 | Read the full article here In keeping with its mission to help create and develop economic opportunities, safe and healthy environments and the next generation of leaders, Neighborhood Allies recently announced its...

Thanks To Deal, Most Penn Plaza Residents Vacate On Time

by talia piazza | Mar 2, 2016 | Community News, Media Coverage

By: Jon Delano / CBS Local / February 29, 2016 / Read the full article and watch the video here PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Residents were moving out this weekend at the Penn Plaza Apartments in East Liberty. “As of today, all but two individuals have found new homes,”...

On final day for Penn Plaza building, two tenants remain

by talia piazza | Mar 2, 2016 | Community News, Media Coverage

By: Lexi Belculfine / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / February 29, 2016 / Read the full article here Two residents of Penn Plaza’s 5704 building still needed a new place to live on Monday, the deadline for it to be emptied ahead of redevelopment. “We’re not here to...

Just two residents remain in East Liberty apartment building targeted for demolition

by talia piazza | Mar 2, 2016 | Community News, Media Coverage

BY BOB BAUDER, Pittsburgh Tribune Review| Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 | Read the full article here. Pittsburgh has found housing for all but two residents of a rent-controlled East Liberty apartment building that was to close Monday for demolition, city officials said....